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HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH  ETHICS APPROVAL

INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD - ETHICS REVIEW BOARD

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HML IRB provides ethical assurance for the protection of human subjects in international social & behavioral science research for public health, children, infectious disease, education, refugees & migration, economics, WASH, agriculture, M&E, vulnerable and high-risk populations, prisoners, and

violent extremism. 

We review studies from all over the world.

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All non-United Nations requests for ethics review should be made through our  

HML IRB ONLINE APPLICATION PORTAL

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Please note that we are currently unable to accept new clients.

Please also note that we will be closed from 24 December to 12 January for reviewers' holidays.

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NEED AN IRB?

Generally, if you have human subjects in your study, you will need IRB approval of the protocols for their protection prior to conducting your research…

IRB PROCESS

There are three types of IRB review:  Full Board IRB, Expedited IRB and IRB Exemption.  We will help you determine the type of review your study needs…

IRB APPLICATION MATERIALS

All non-UN requests for ethical review should be submitted through our online portal...

INFORMED CONSENT

Informed consent involves providing a potential research subject with adequate information to allow...

IRB FEES & PAYMENTS

For an Expedited IRB Review, we charge US$1000.  This is a flat fee and there are no additional charges for...

WE REVIEW STUDIES FROM COUNTRIES (183) ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Finland, France, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar,  Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan (RoC), Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, plus multi-country and pan-global studies.

A FEW OF OUR CLIENTS & FUNDERS

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